The otaku art market they do on Thursday has a huge variety of artists doing different things. They don't have the pressure of the whole artist alley so people let loose and draw different things.
I find this convention to generate a lot of money and attendance so its definitely worth doing the alley if this isn't a deterrent. It's a winter convention so the con space is cooler and the cosplays are bigger. This con has outgrown this convention center the last 5 years so be prepared for packed walkways.
I do not have a lot of interaction with staff so I can not speak on how they conduct the alley or convention.
This is clearly a convention run by an out of touch staff that allows their friends to get in and get away with downright table thievery (An artist literally bought their way off the waitlist this year, and when caught, the staff let them stay instead of having a backbone and sense of honor to those who were on the actual waitlist and did things right)
Also, their idea that you have to come in, take a day off work, and do their little "craft fair" and "flea market" to get priority for a no show, off the waitlist table, feels more like "dance monkeys dance" than a credible way of doing things.
There are better shows this time of year, and better shows in the same building three times of year here.
